Press Releases July 12, 2007
Pebble Beach, CA. UNITEHERE! Local 483 members at the prestigious Pebble Beach Lodge voted overwhelmingly to approve an historic 5-year labor contract Thursday evening, July 12. Approximately 98% of the voting members approved the agreement, calling for a minimum of $4.00 per hour in additional wages for non-tipped workers over the span of the contract, […]
Press Releases June 22, 2011
Pacific Grove, CA. Union workers at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, members of UNITE HERE Local 483, approved a 4-year and 9 month labor contract, which calls for up to $5.34 per hour in additional wages and benefits over the life of the agreement, as well as workload improvements. The union members voted today, June 22, […]
Press Releases May 24, 2016
Food and retail workers rallied today at Reagan National Airport to highlight how working conditions at the D.C. airports lag behind other airports and government-owned buildings. A new report released today by UNITE HERE shows that at D.C.’s two government-owned airports, the government makes more money per hour from terminal concessions workers than the workers […]
Press Releases January 26, 2005
Michigan City, IN-Last night workers at Blue Chip casino voted by a 97% margin to ratify a tentative agreement reached last week, averting a strike at the casino. UNITE HERE Local 1 represents 250 workers at the Blue Chip. Blue Chip joins Harrah’s in East Chicago and Trump and Majestic Star Casinos in Gary in […]
Press Releases January 23, 2009
LOS ANGELES—The California Court of Appeal removed restrictions limiting coverage under the city’s Living Wage Ordinance in a landmark decision this week. A panel of the Court unanimously issued a decision invalidating a regulation requiring that employees spend 20 hours per month on contracted work with the city to be covered. This week’s decision strengthens […]
Press Releases February 21, 2013
PLEASANTON, CA – After a dogged three-year battle – including an illegal lockout that lasted longer than the siege of Leningrad – food service workers at Castlewood Country Club won a great contract that provides job security, affordable family health insurance, raises, and a signing bonus. On February 13, the workers – members of UNITE […]
Press Releases September 27, 2018
(NEW YORK NY) – Today, Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Bill Granfield, President of UNITE HERE Local 100, and Alvin Ramnarain, President of RWDSU Local 1102 lauded the vote by the Port Authority to enact a new wage resolution. In addition to increasing wages, the new policy includes […]
Press Releases August 1, 2017
Chicago, IL – On July 31, Bloomberg reported that Chinese authorities are pressuring insurance giant Anbang to sell its overseas assets. Hotel union UNITE HERE is calling on the company to ensure that its hotel workers are protected in any transition. UNITE HERE affiliates represent over a thousand workers at Anbang-owned hotels in the United States. The […]